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+---
+# netbox defaults/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+netbox_version: "2.9.3"
+netbox_version_checksum: "sha256:c9e47993b265ccdb0b88f27c9b023e8adee003d93d478f85c16183baee5586d4"
+
+# unix username/groupname
+netbox_username: "netbox"
+netbox_groupname: "netbox"
+netbox_comment: "NetBox IPAM and DCIM tool"
+
+netbox_dist_dir: "/opt/dist/netbox"
+netbox_working_dir: "/opt/netbox"
+netbox_media_dir: "/opt/netbox_media"
+
+# configuration within NetBox
+netbox_allowed_hosts:
+ - "127.0.0.1"
+
+# secret key: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/ref/settings/#std:setting-SECRET_KEY
+netbox_secret_key: "notasecretkey1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
+
+# postgres db settings
+netbox_pg_db: "netbox"
+netbox_pg_db_username: "netboxuser"
+netbox_pg_db_password: "netboxpass"
+
+# Admin (superuser) account
+
+netbox_createsuperuser: true
+netbox_superuser_username: "netboxadmin"
+netbox_superuser_password: "netboxadminpass"
+netbox_superuser_email: "support@opennetworking.org"